Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault or Horace Vernet

The drawings documented under the attribution of either Jean Louis André Théodore Géricault or Horace Vernet represent a focused period of activity documented around 1818. Six drawings tentatively ascribed to one of these influential early 19th-century artists are preserved in museum collections, providing insight into their preparatory and observational practices.

These works, held by the Art Institute of Chicago, illustrate the artist’s facility across varied subject matter, from detailed figure studies to satirical observation. The collection includes observational and figurative works such as Studies of a Woman and a Soldier and the technical drawing Sketch of Farm Implement. The artist also demonstrated a strong inclination toward caricature, evidenced by the figure studies in Seven Caricatures of Heads and two separate sheets identically titled Sheet of Caricatures.

These rare drawings are vital for scholarly study of Géricault or Vernet prints and related works. Today, reproductions of such museum-quality works are often made available in the public domain, ensuring global access to these significant historical drawings.